自拍愛好者小心“自拍肘”
Are you an avid selfie-taker? You are at risk of developing "selfie elbow" which is slowly becoming a real medical condition. Like tennis elbow or golfer's elbow, an addiction to selfie-taking can cause a pain in your primary pic-snapping elbow, according to a report.
你是個狂熱的自拍愛好者嗎？那麼你就面臨着患上“自拍肘”的風險，而這一風險正逐漸地成爲一項真正的醫學問題。一項報告表明，就像“網球肘”或“高爾夫肘”，對自拍的高度着迷會導致你主要用於拍照的肘關節疼痛。
In a recent case, award-winning journalist and NBC's Today show host Hoda Kotb went to a doctor complaining of pain in her elbow, reported.
最近上報道了一個案例，曾斬獲獎項的記者兼NBC今日秀的主持人霍達•科特普對醫生抱怨肘部疼痛。
"I went to the orthopaedist and he said, 'are you playing tennis or ping-pong?' I told him I was taking selfies," Kotb was quoted as saying.
科特普說：“我去看了整形外科醫師，他說‘你最近在打網球還是乒乓球？’我告訴他我在自拍。”
"When you take the picture, your arm is up, bent in a weird way and you just click, click, click -- think about how many you take: 20, 30, or 40. Selfie elbow, everyone has it," added Kotb, who is also a well-documented figure on photo-sharing website Instagram.
“當你在拍照的時候，你的胳膊擡起，很奇怪地彎曲着，而你卻在咔嚓、咔嚓、咔嚓——想着你拍了多少照片：20，30還是40。自拍肘，每個人都深受其害，”作爲一位早已在Instagram網站上分享過各種照片的名人，科特普這樣補充道。
Her doctor recommended icing her elbow and certain exercises to help relieve the soreness.
她的醫生建議給她的胳膊肘部敷冰塊並且通過適當的鍛鍊來緩解痠痛。
"Basically, the interface between technology and the human body sometimes causes injuries of over-exuberance," Jordan Metzl, sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery in the US, was quoted as saying in a Cosmopolitan report.
喬丹•梅茨爾曾在接受Cosmopolitan雜誌採訪時說：“其實有時候過度使用科技產品會給人體帶來傷害。”他是一位美國特色外科醫院的醫療運動外科醫師。
The problem is simply overuse.
這個問題相當普遍。
"You get selfie elbow from taking too many selfies, as you put too much stress on the muscle and it irritates the area where the muscle comes off the bone and you get this inflammatory response," Metzl added.
“拍太多的自拍會讓你形成一隻‘自拍肘’，因爲這隻臂肘的肌肉承受太大壓力，這些壓力會刺激肌肉和骨骼連接的部分，因此你會感受到一種炎症性反應。”梅茨爾補充道。
The condition can be treated by taking pain relievers like Advil or Motrin for the inflammation and putting on some ice as well as stretching the muscles.
使用一些像埃德維爾、布洛芬等止痛藥來治療炎性反應，或者是冰敷，伸展肌肉，這些方法都可以治療“自拍肘”。
"Maybe, people should alternate their arms -- start spreading the load," Metzl pointed out.
“或許人們應該換着臂膀自拍——分擔一些壓力，”梅茨爾指出。
From gaming and chatting to selfie-taking, texting and tweeting, there has been a significant rise in injuries in teenagers than before.
從打遊戲到聊天再到自拍、發短信和發推文，相較於以前，青少年受到的傷害大大增加。
"For those who are dedicated selfie-takers, using a selfie stick can work like an arm extender and takes the pressure off the elbow," suggested Charles Kim, musculoskeletal rehab specialist at Rusk Rehabilitation at NYU Langone Medical Center in the US.
“對於那些狂熱的自拍愛好者來說，不妨使用自拍杆，它就像胳膊伸展器，能夠減輕肘部壓力，”查爾斯•金，一位來自美國紐約大學朗格尼醫學中心魯斯科康復醫院的肌肉骨骼修復專家這樣建議道。
